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" The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men. "
Alice Walker
Men
Black
World
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" I start each book when it's ready and never before. "
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" It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all. "
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" You know how big love is? Love is big. love can hold anger; love can even hold hatred. "
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" As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best. "
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" I think war is so incredibly backward, and I don't think it's intelligent, and it's not sane. So why would you want to support it? "
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" I continue to care for President Obama and for his family. I think that in many ways they are very courageous people, and I honor that, because I know what it means to live as a black person in a racist America. "
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" As long as the people don't fear the truth, there is hope. For once they fear it, the one who tells it doesn't stand a chance. And today, truth is still beautiful... but so frightening. "
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" I don't know if I've ever cared much what others think. "
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" At Sarah Lawrence, I realized that everybody was already what they were going to be. The painters were painting, the writers writing, the dancers dancing. And nobody wore any makeup. The art was uppermost. "
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" The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout. "
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Die
Men
Peaceful
" I want the Israeli government to be made accountable for its behaviour to the Palestinians, and I want the people of the U.S. to cease acting as if they don't understand what is going on. "
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" Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister. "
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More
" For me, writing has always come out of living a fairly to-the-bone kind of life, just really being present to a lot of life. The writing has been really a byproduct of that. "
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Present
Life
" My parents were both storytellers. They always spoke with metaphorical richness. "
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" It is justice and respect that I want the world to dust off and put - without delay, and with tenderness - back on the head of the Palestinian child. It will be imperfect justice and respect because the injustice and disrespect have been so severe. But I believe we are right to try. "
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Justice
World
Respect
" I deeply regret any harm, or any perceived harm, that I may have done to anyone by any behaviour of mine. "
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Behaviour
Done
" I don't generally read reviews. "
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Generally
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" In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful. "
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" I think many people in my community had very different kinds of mothers: they had mothers who acquiesced in the system of male and white-supremacist domination, and my mother never did. She just could not do it. It just wasn't in her. "
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She
People
Mother
" There are thousands of Palestinians in prison virtually for no reason. "
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Prison
Palestinians
No Reason
" Even with all of the things that are so awful, if you walk into your yard and stay there looking at almost anything for five minutes, you will be stunned by how marvelous life is and how incredibly lucky we are to have it. "
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Will
" It is important to remember yourself. "
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" This is a wonderful planet, and it is being completely destroyed by people who have too much money and power and no empathy. "
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" The dropping of bombs on people - isn't that terrorism? "
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" I think the War on Terror is really absurd, especially coming from a country that is founded on terrorism. "
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" I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have. "
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" My parents taught me service - not by saying, but by doing. That was my culture, the culture of my family. "
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" All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience. "
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" Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge. "
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" There's an ecstatic side to writing. It's like jazz. It just has a life. "
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